Ethiopia arrests state minister for finance on suspicion of corruption

August 4, 2017 / 7:57 AM Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia has arrested its state minister for finance on suspicion of corruption, state-run television said on Friday, part of an anti-graft drive that the government says has led to dozens of arrests in the last two weeks. Alemayehu Gujo is the highest-ranking official […]

Ethiopian govt lifts state of emergency

Fegessa and speaker of the House of Peoples’ Representatives, Abadula Gemeda, address legislators during the meeting to lift the state of emergency. August 04 2017 11:13 PM   Reuters/Addis Ababa Ethiopia has lifted a state of emergency imposed last October following months of protests that killed hundreds. More than 29,000 people were arrested during the […]

ሁለት ከፍተኛ የመንግስት ባለስልጣናት ዘብጥያ ወረዱ

August 4, 2017  አቶ ዛይድ ወልደገብርኤል (ዘ-ሐበሻ) መንግስት የሚቆጣጠራቸው ሚዲያዎች እንደዘገቡት የኢትዮጵያ መንገዶች ባለስልጣንን ለረጅም ዓመታት በዋና ዳይሬክተርነት የመሩት አቶ ዛይድ ወልደገብርኤል በሙስና ወንጀል ተጠርጥረው ዘብጥያ ወረዱ:: አቶ ዛይድ ወልደገብርኤል የዘር ሃረጋቸው ሲፈተሽ ሙሉ በሙሉ ኤርትራዊ ደም እንዳለባቸው ይነገራል:: የኢትዮጵያ መንገዶች ባለስልጣንምክትል ዋና ዳይሬክተር የነበሩትና ካለፈው ሐምሌ ወር አንስቶ የመሰረተ ልማት ማስተባበሪያ ኤጀንሲ ዋና ዳይሬክተር […]

“አስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጁ ዛሬ ተነሳ”

August 4, 2017 EMF(4 aug 2017) በጥቂት የህወሃት ጋንግስተሮች የሚመራው ፓርላማ ዛሬ ባካሄደው የመጀመሪያው አስቸኳይ ስብሰባው የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጁን ማንሳቱን በሙሉ ድምጽ ወስኗል። የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ አዋጁን ጥሶት ከወጣ ግን ሰንብቷል።   በጥቂት የህወሃት ጋንግስተሮች የሚመራው ፓርላማ     በህዝብ ዘንድ “የአፈና” የተባለው ይህ አዋጅ መነሳቱ ሃገሪቱ አሁን ላለችበት ችግር መፍትሄ አይሆንም። ከአዋጁ በፊትም አፈናው ነበር […]

Young sex attacker may be deported to Ethiopia

A Melbourne man who sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl may face deportation after serving his sentence, a court has been told. Source:  AAP A young Melbourne man with links to the Apex street gang may be deported to his native Ethiopia after serving a sentence for a “disturbing” sexual assault on a teenage girl. Bill […]

UPDATE 1-Ethiopia inflation rises to 9.4 pct year-on-year in July

August 3, 2017 / 10:33 AM Reuters Staff A woman counts Ethiopian birr notes, after selling a cabbage at the Mercato market in Addis Ababa November 14, 2015. ADDIS ABABA, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s year-on-year inflation rose to 9.4 percent in July from 8.8 percent a month earlier, due to higher food prices, the […]

UPDATE 1-U.S. expands food, health aid to Ethiopia, Kenya amid crisis

August 3, 2017 / 3:15 PM Reuters Staff (Adds comments by USAID official) WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (Reuters) – The Trump administration gave $169 million to feed people facing starvation in Ethiopia and Kenya, USAID said on Thursday, adding to earlier assistance for those suffering from drought and conflict in four other nations. USAID, the U.S. […]

US to Give Additional $169 Million in Aid to Ethiopia, Kenya

August 03, 2017 1:11 PM FILE – People wait for food and water in the Warder district in the Somali region of Ethiopia, Jan. 28, 2017. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday it will provide an additional $169 million in humanitarian aid to the drought-stricken African countries of Ethiopia and Kenya. The […]